Quotes About Activism

I've called myself an accidental activist because I came to it not on purpose.

Let anti-slavery charity boxes stand uppermost among those for missionary, tract and educational purposes. On this subject, Christians have been asleep; let them shake off their slumbers and arm for the holy contest.

As in Pakistan, Tunisian and Egyptian human rights activists are concerned that any censorship mechanisms, once put in place, will inevitably be abused for political purposes no matter what censorship proponents claim to the contrary.

'The Feminine Mystique' goads me to gratitude that, thanks to forerunners like Betty Friedan, I've had the opportunity to pursue a career.

I do believe 100 percent that Black lives matter and that the cause to achieve and pursue equality supersedes basketball.

For me, writing, drawing, and political activism are three separate pursuits; each has its own intensity. I happen to be especially attuned to and engaged with the society in which I live. Both my writing and my drawing are invariably mixed up with politics, whether I want them to be or not.

The pursuit of justice is all I have ever known.

I just don't think it's acceptable that any animal should lose its life in pursuit of entertainment, which is also why I believe all blood sports should be banned.

I come before you to declare that my sex are entitled to the inalienable right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.

Our democracy is dependent on people who passionately cherish the ideals of a democracy. Every man is created equal with an inalienable right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. It's a wonderful idea, and it takes people who cherish that idea to be actively involved in the process.

I'm always trying to push for women's rights.

I'm a feminist; I grew up with feminism, but I also think there's a way in which we need to shake things up so that we can push it further and in other directions.

I said we needed to organize women around the world to push peace.

Let's push the Pentagon off the fiscal cliff.

It's not about just a vote, it's about being a voice. There's a difference between being a person who just pushes the button and someone who is actually going to be a voice for the conservative movement.

We must never stop pushing for equal protection under the law in Pennsylvania and across the country.

If there has been any progress in the Chinese society and politics over the last 20 years, it is all because the citizens have been pushing for change.

Politics colours everything, and anyone who wants change is necessarily political. As an environmental campaigner more or less since I left school in the early '90s, I have always been involved in lobbying, campaigning and pushing for changes.

We have to open hearts and change minds while at the same time pushing for laws that protect LGBTQ people from discrimination.

My goal is to share information and to educate. But am I an activist? No, no, no. I don't believe in pushing things on people.

Korra and Aang ultimately stand for freedom, equality, and basic human rights, and I think Mike and I are fine with pushing that agenda.

I see myself as a person who is pushing back and fighting against oppression in all its forms, centering racial and economic injustice very explicitly.

LGBT people are at the heart of President Vladimir Putin's crackdown on democracy.

Everyone puts all of the advances that we've made on Dr. King, but there's a lot of people who were part of the civil rights movement.